Pyrex Reviews

Room temperature dish exploded in the oven at 400 degrees. After about 10 minutes there was a loud BOOM. I opened the oven door to see pieces of glass all different shapes and sizes everywhere. The inside of my oven is completely wrecked.

We were cooking sweet potato casserole in the oven at 350* and about 5 minutes before it was to come out, the dish exploded in the oven. The dish didn’t undergo a temperature change. The casserole was under 400* and wasn’t even ready.

I have used Pyrex for a while now and have never had an issue. Until tonight, I cooked two pieces of Chicken in the oven at 400 degrees. The timer went off and I took the chicken out of the oven and placed it on the stove top. As luck would have it, I received a phone call and went to the other room to get my phone. Thankfully! In about two minutes I hear a loud bang as the dish exploded and shards of various size glass went flying everywhere in the room. Some landing on the floor, counter, stove top and everywhere else you couldn't even think glass should have gone. Had myself or my child been in that room we would have been seriously injured for sure!

Today, while baking a loaf of bread at only 350 degrees, my Pyrex baking dish broke and glass went everywhere. I’m so disappointed in this happening. I didn’t even have an extreme or any temperature change.

Had a dinner party, put a room temp pyrex baking dish full of Lobster Mac and Cheese in a 350 degree oven. After half an hour, I upped the temperature to 400 degrees to help brown the top. A few minutes later I heard a loud pop and I realized the pyrex had exploded in the oven! An enormous bummer on so many levels... The pound-a-half of lobster meat that can no longer be eaten, the hour of prep wasted, what to serve our hungry dinner guests now, and the massive clean up of my oven. Never again... just bought a set of Staub ceramic bakeware!

Similar story to others. Cooking au gratin potatoes in preheated oven using 9x13 pyrex baking pan per instructions. Several minutes later a loud bang from oven. An entire end of the dish had shattered with fragments all over oven. What remained had multiple cracks running through it. Oven was not usable until cooled and thoroughly cleaned. Have always trusted Pyrex in the oven... Now will always be leery.

We placed two pyrex pans of apple crisp in the preheated oven, somewhere in the baking process one of the glass pans exploded. Shards of glass all over the oven! One of the Pyrex pans was purchased nearly 17 years ago and that one was fine. The one that exploded we bought this year at Kohl’s.

Placed Pyrex glass casserole dish to bake casserole in oven. 5 min later a large boom and the Pyrex shattered in oven. Got burned on my fingers and small cuts on my hands as I opened oven. The baking casserole dish was oven safe. My whole dinner was ruined not to say as well as money wasted from grocery store. When I opened the oven after the heard the noise, the Pyrex dish was continuing to explode glass at me. Thank goodness none got on my face or eyes.

About 12 years ago, I removed two small Pyrex bowls from the dishwasher which just finished the dry cycle and was putting them in the cupboard. They were hot and due to the heat, I slightly dropped one bowl about an inch distance into the other bowl of same size which was in my hand. The bottom dish exploded into millions of bits of shards of glass and blew into my face and hand. 12 years later, I still have bits of glass working out to the surface of my chin. The bits of glass form small bumps under the skin surface and then work up to the surface rupture the skin leaving terrible sores that then weep tiny bits of glass residue for days/sometimes weeks. If this is hard to read, it is because it is as terrible as it sounds.

I have used Pyrex many times over the years. Last night I was baking meatballs in a 350 degree oven in my 9x12 dish when my dog and I heard a loud bang! We went and looked inside the oven and sure enough, the dish had totally broken apart and into many large and small pieces of glass. There were even shards around the bottom of the oven. The particular Pyrex dish was rather on the newer side with longer side handles, as opposed to the older models with shorter handles and more depth to the dish. I knew they exploded years ago, but didn’t know this was still occurring! Won’t use this type of product again!

It happened to me too - exploded with routine, nonabusive use. Dangerous and unacceptable. Should be banned. It ruined a week's worth of food tonight, it took forever to clean up. Just lucky nobody was injured. This brand is not what it used to be. Use a cheaper form of glass that is prone to exploding. This is not your grandma's Pyrex. Tell your friends.

On May 3rd 2020. I was cooking a meal in a Pyrex glass cookware dish at approximately 350 degrees. After 40 minutes in the oven I removed the dish and set it on the counter and the dish subsequently exploded sending glass shards everywhere and cutting my wrist and arm.

I entrusted my high-end Le Creuset, Emile Henry and Cuisinart bakeware to a disreputable mover and lost about two-thirds of a collection that took many years to amass. (Yes, very sad.) So, after much research I decided to take advantage of a promo offered by Corning/Pyrex to re-establish my kitchen. All of the various & sundry pieces of Pyrex I bought are still USA-made.

I was cooking Brie in the oven in the glass pie plate. I was done and I took the pie plate out as soon as I placed on stove it popped. And exploded with shards of glass everywhere. Thankfully my 3-year-old granddaughter had just left the kitchen area. Now with glass all over the place including in the stove where my dinner was still cooking - I was now out app and dinner and have bloody fingers. Unbelievably upset and won’t purchase anything from Pyrex again and emptied my kitchen of measuring cup, other pie plates and glass mixing bowl set. Money down the drain and this is a known issue!!! Thankfully no serious injuries.

We were baking a cake in a Pyrex glassware dish when it exploded in the oven. The oven was pre-heated to 350, nothing extreme. Put the dish in the oven and after 45 mins baking the cake was done and the oven was turned off. The dish was left in the oven to cool. About 10 -15 minutes later we heard a boom in the oven as the glassware exploded. We were baking the cake for our 4 year old who was anxious to see it come out of the oven. We're lucky and thankful it happened in the oven as we were moments from taking it out. It could've been much worse than just losing a cake and glassware if it had exploded out of the oven with our 4 year old nearby, which probably would've injured her along with us. It's unacceptable that this is s known issue and nothing is being done about it.

When removed from oven exploded from placing on top stove and shattered from fridge too. Counter exploded. When washed 3 times this product has failed me and cut me deeply. I will never recommend Pyrex. Also it's a well known fact drug addicts use the glass to make illicit drugs with.

I have been using Pyrex glass bakeware for more than 25 years and never had an experience like this. I was baking chicken (cut into small pieces) when the dish suddenly exploded in the oven! I was so glad no one was hurt, but I was shocked and very shook up. There was nothing left but a big mess of very small glass pieces. Of course, my chicken dinner went in the trash too. It was a big, disappointing mess to clean. It took so long to get all the glass out. I had to remove the lower panel of the oven to get it all out & think there may still be some pieces down there that I couldn't get to. I got a cut even though I was wearing gloves. Times are tough and we are tight on money. I just wish I could get some compensation for my exploded dish plus my free-range chicken dinner. Thank you.

Tonight was baking chicken breast in my Pyrex square cooking dish. When 45 minutes into a 1 hour bake the glass cooking dish shattered in hundreds of pieces... I have used this dish dozens of times before with no issue... Info: Dish was taken out of cabinet at room temperature. Sprayed with non stick PAM. Preheated oven to 400 degrees. Chicken breast were seasoned and placed in dish. 45 minutes into the bake I heard a loud noise coming from the oven. Investigating, I found the dish shattered and smoke rolling out due to food juices frying on the bottom of the oven. Could not trust food at this point and discarded it. I own approximately 8 other Pyrex baking dishes and have not experienced any issues with those. Pyrex is a good product at a fair price. Hope this was an isolated incident.

Pyrex is well-established as a brand. Their glass heats evenly, holds heat in well after cooking, and never imparts any smell or taste. The plastic rubberized lids also fit snugly, and all Pyrex holds up well in the dishwasher.

The all glass makes cooking a breeze! Just spray with cooking spray and they are completely non-stick which makes clean up a breeze. The Covers fit snug so no worries of spilling anything. Some come with carrying cases that have hot/cool pads in with your dish to keep the perfect temperature! I couldn’t live without mine!

Always looks new. Modern style and oven safe. I spray with Pam and is nonstick. Dishwasher safe. Doesn't stain. I purchased over 15 years ago and I still have the full items and haven't had to replace a single item. Great for pot licks at my friends gathering. Can't be beat for durability. Price 15 years ago was a little high but I still have the complete set that I purchased 15 years ago. One more thing you can take it from the stove/oven to the dinner table and with a hot pad and place it for everyone to dig in!

Pyrex is great quality, very durable, does not stain and is great for many uses in the kitchen and for families. I love the versatility of the bowls for cooking, storing, and reheating and they do not break easily. They look the same as new after many uses.

Very strong glass quality that can withstand extreme hot to cold or vice versa temperatures. Plus seeing thru is super nice. And it lasts a lifetime and durability. The only problem is its heavy weight that I don't mind.

I have to buy new lids way too often and I’m throwing away money, they crack and I wash them by hand not in the dishwasher. The glass part of the bakeware is great, the plastic storage lids are not so great.

Love Pyrex but, the glass cookware is kinda expensive and not widely available. It's sturdy for everyday use but, if you drop it or hit a corner it will crack or break as it's glass. Heats up fast and you can watch it through the glass but, cooked on baked on, needs to be soaked overnight or boiled off. Elbow grease works.

Very thick, baking dish exploded after removal from oven. I'm not sure about the age, but I suspect this was an older Pyrex from the 80s or 90s. Unlike most of my other Pyrex, this was much heavier and thicker. I prepared a dish to be baked--placed in the refrigerator for 24 hours. The temperature was set at approx 36 degrees F. I removed the dish from the refrigerator, allowed it to adjust to room temperature for approx 2.5 hours sitting on a stone countertop. Placed in the oven at 375 degrees for 45 minutes. Removed from oven, place on glass stovetop for 15 minutes to cool. Walked away for a few minutes, I heard a very loud BANG, returned to see the entire tray exploded and cracked into hundreds of pieces. Glass went everywhere in the form of mini-shards.

I purchased a new 1 cup Pyrex measuring cup. It was never heated. It exploded in the dishwasher.. I consider this to be a spontaneous event. Our dishwasher - actually every dishwasher I have ever had - has never shattered glass...

We recently purchased two 9.5 inch pie dishes for making pies from Walmart. My wife made an apple pie for Thanksgiving and put it in the oven at 375 degrees for 50 minutes. She removed the dish and set it on top of the oven on a cookie sheet. About 3 seconds and kaboom! It exploded and threw glass shards all over my wife and the kitchen. Luckily she had turned her back and was walking away or she would have been severely injured! Very dangerous! We do not recommend using this product and feel it should be taken off the market before someone ends up in the hospital!

I washed my Pyrex pie plate and placed it in the dish rack. When I was emptying the rack I picked up the pie plate and it fell apart in my hand. I'm still finding pieces of it around the sink. Until I read everyone else's reviews I thought I had done something wrong, but now I realize that the product itself was defective. It hadn't even been in the oven, only used for breadcrumbs to dip chicken cutlets! Very surprised. I've always trusted Pyrex.

I was baking a squash in a Pyrex pan, which was placed in the oven after it began pre-heating to 375 degrees. Not less than ten minutes later I heard a loud explosion and I found the entire 9x13 pan had exploded. I had to buy a shop vac to clean it out as there was no safe way to clean it up otherwise. After many attempts at cleaning every nook and cranny I still can hear glass shards exploding when I try and bake, at which point I give up on using my oven and set aside more time for trying to find more tiny pieces of glass (and throw out whatever food I may have been trying to bake in my oven). Very disappointing that the amount of "thermal shock" this product is rated for is 99 degrees when it is SO COMMONLY USED IN THE OVEN. It is absurd, negligent, and dangerous. I shouldn't walk away from a kitchen product malfunction relieved that it only made my oven unusable and didn't blind or injure me.